Official Board Markets articles from January 2005

Official Board Markets archives from January 2005

Milk carton use fades: credit marketing savvy.
January 1, 2005... Encouraged by a milk industry study that shows children drink more dairy when it comes in round plastic bottles, a growing number of schools are ditching paper half-pint cartons, reports the Associated Press. Already more than 1250 schools...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
January 1, 2005... Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price...

PJ examines returns.(Piper Jaffray )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Minneapolis-based securities firm Piper Jaffray (PJ) recently studied various return metrics by sector. Return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE), and return on invested capital (ROIC) are all rations that packaging companies use to assess...

Chapco emerges from Chapter 11: continues serving customers.(Chapco Carton Co. acquired by Chapco Packaging Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Late last month Chapco Carton Co., Bolingbrook, Ill., which had been operating under a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, was acquired by Chapco Packaging Inc. Charles G. Kiolbasa Jr. will be president of the folding carton converter while Brian Rujawitz...

Weyco mill's roof collapses.(No Injuries)(Weyerhaeuser)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Weather is the likely cause behind last month's roof collapse of Weyerhaeuser's Bowling Green, Ky., semichemical corrugating medium mill, reports Forestweb. "About 12:30 a.m. [on December 23] the roof started to sag and the third-shift...

Wal-Mart RFID deadline won't be met: top 100 suppliers.(radio frequency identification)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... By now, the top 100 suppliers to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. were supposed to be shipping all their products with RFID tags at the case and pallet level to three of the retailing giant's distribution centers in North Texas, but that deadline now...

REGIA, MeadWestvaco add flair to chocolate pkg: white, milk and dark.(packaging)(REGIA HighPack AG)
January 1, 2005... Swiss confectionery company Chocolat Frey AG partnered with REGIA HighPack AG, Oensingen, Switzerland, and MeadWestvaco, Stamford, Conn., to employ different packaging designs to Superior, Swiss Delice Supreme and Tastefully Yours, a new...

M-real initiates two profitability programs: Germany and U.K.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... M-real Corp., Helsinki Finland, will begin two profitability improvement programs in Germany and the U.K. The initiatives are part of M-real's $272 million savings and efficiency improvement program launched in early 2004. As part of the...

ICPF receives donation from AICC Region: $11,000.(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters, International Corrugated Packaging Foundation)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) Region 4 steering committee donated $11,000 to the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF). The money was raised by members, sponsors and individual donations during...

How to succeed in China: avoiding faux pas.(strategies for doing business in China)
January 1, 2005... "It is pure Western arrogance to go to China and expect to do business as we do in the West," says Mia Doucet, international marketing consultant and author of a new book, China in Motion. "Even with the best intentions, what works in the West...

2005 color catalog.(Product Update)
January 1, 2005... Brookfield Engineering Laboratories' 2005 color catalog features the company's complete line of laboratory and process viscometers and rheometers, and the company's texture analyzers. New products in the catalog include the DV-III Ultra...

Transacted boxboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
January 1, 2005... The prices tabulated here are intended only as a reference standard to the current levels commonly prevailing in a representative proportion of the U.S. contract transactions. The prices listed do not connote any agreement or commitment by any...

Teleconference to explain recycling laws: Jan. 27.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Raymond Communications, publisher of State Recycling Laws Update, will hold a teleconference to explain the latest recycling laws. It will take place Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. Publisher Michele Raymond will provide an overview of the bills that passed...

UEC to represent Woodward Jogger Aerators: co. seeks sales reps.(UEC International Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Woodward Jogger Aerators, East Rutherford, N.J., chooses UEC International Corp., New Haven, Conn., as a new agent. Under the agreement, UEC International will promote and represent Woodward's product line throughout the Caribbean region,...

Romano to speak at Cal Poly: graphic communications.(Frank Romano, California Polytechnic State University)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Graphic communications expert Frank Romano will provide a public presentation at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., on Jan. 19. He will discuss technology trends that influence printing and publishing...

Average sheet prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
January 1, 2005... Average Sheet Prices Based upon a survey of sheet plants. Per 1000 sq ft, 50,000 sq ft single item orders, including delivery charges. Southeast/ East South North...

AIM updates 'Gluer Guy' column: N.C. installation.(American International Machinery, MeadWestvaco)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... American International Machinery (A.I.M.), Oak Creek, Wis., updated its question-and-answer column, "The Gluer Guy," written by A.I.M. Senior Technical Advisor Jeff Wilcox. The periodic column addresses various folding and gluing questions...

U.S. OCC exports drop: China still a player.(old corrugated containers)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... U.S. exports of old corrugated containers (OCC) fell 3.8 percent through the first 10 months of 2004 when compared to the first 10 months of 2003, the U.S. Department of Commerce reports. From January-October 2004, 10.6 million metric tons...

Anderson & Vreeland, Inc.(Product Update)(Anderson & Vreeland, Inc.'s has come up with solvent-washout solution)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Anderson & Vreeland, Inc.'s Flexowash A is a specialty solvent-washout solution used to improve processing of sheet photopolymers for flexographic printing. Flexowash A eliminates the problems associated with perchloroethylene and chlorinated...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
January 1, 2005... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News News (1) (4) (6) (8) Chicago $60-65 (0) 60-65...

Invercote Duo.(Product Update)
January 1, 2005... Iggesund Paperboard AB's Invercote Duo laminate has equal-sided triple coating on both the printing side and the reverse. It can display graphics brilliantly, the company says. Invercote Duo comes in weights from 370 to 770 g/[m.sup.3]. For...

November rigid box sales increase: NPA statistics.(National Paperbox Association)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... November rigid box sales increased 36.42 percent to $5,668,874, compared to $4,155,501 in November 2003, according to the National Paperbox Association's (NPA) billed sales statistical program. The NPA report reflects sales statistics submitted...

Solvay installs Datastream solution: enterprise-wide.(Solvay Paperboard, Datastream Systems, Inc. )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Solvay Paperboard has deployed the Web-architected Datastream 7i Asset Performance Management solution from Datastream Systems, Inc. as part of an enterprise-wide initiative to improve efficiency and drive down costs. With Datastream 7i,...

Larson WorldWide, Nippo present diecutting conference: in Shanghai.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Larson WorldWide, Norwell, Mass., and Nippo I.B. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, plan the first Diecutting Symposium Educational Conference and Exhibition for Nov. 22-24, 2005, at the Shanghai Exposition Center in Shanghai. The three-day program will include...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
January 1, 2005... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated Hard New DLK News Soft Wht. White ...

This sales story tops 'em all: word of mouth.
January 1, 2005... I've been a professional speaker since 1981. I hear all kinds of great stories about salespeople. This is the most powerful story I've heard in all my years in the business. It makes me proud to be a salesman. I met Cindy Stoepler last...

RCI declares bankruptcy: brokerage company.(Recycle Brokers International)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Recycle Brokers International, Bedford, Texas, declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy, last October. The company, owned by Paul Socket, brokered sorted white ledger, OCC, mixed paper, and office paper, among other grades.

Lee & Man bids for mill: union employees not interested.(Stockton Pacific Enterprises)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Late last month Lee & Man, one of the largest containerboard producers in China in terms of production capacity and volume, submitted a bid to purchase Stockton Pacific Enterprises (SPE), a pulp mill based in Eureka, Calif., reports The Eureka...

FPPA convention set for Florida: Feb. 27-March 1.(Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Association)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Association (FPPA) will hold its eighth annual convention at the Westin Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, Fla., from Feb. 27 to March 1. Events include a customer panel and supplier presentation. Sessions will...

Remote color proofing device.(Product Update)(Progressive Color Media LLC in partnership with Integrated Color Solutions develops Remote Director)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Thanks to a partnership with Integrated Color Solutions, Progressive Color Media LLC customers now have available to them Remote Director[TM], a remote color proofing device. Progressive Color Media, a Flint Ink company, will advise, install...

Business tutorials.(Product Update)(packaging industry)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Women ha Packaging, Inc. makes available business tutorials on six compact discs. Each CD features 12 articles from Women in Packaging President JoAnn Hines. Business tutorials include: Managing Your Career, Marketing Yourself or Your Business,...

Mid-Atlantic Packaging, Inc.(People Update)(Andrew Pierson appointed)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Mid-Atlantic Packaging, Inc., Montgomervville, Pa., appoints Andrew Pierson to executive vice president and coo. He has been with Mid-Atlantic Packaging, Inc. since 1991 where his previous responsibilities included general manager and vice...

Evergreen & Canusa form agency: To sell containerboard.(Evergreen Fibres, Inc)(Canusa Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Evergreen Fibres, Inc., Branford, Conn., and Baltimore-based Canusa Corp. have established EC Independent, a sales agency focused on serving the East Coast domestic market. EC Independent is based in Branford and is headed by John Jay, formerly...

Transacted containerboard prices.(paper industry)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price...

Andel named editorial director.(Advanstar Communications appoints Thomas Andel)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Thomas Andel joins Advanstar Communications as editorial director for Paperboard Packaging magazine, Official Board Markets, and the e-newsletter boxbiz. He is an award-winning editor with more than 25 years of editorial experience. Most...

RAA completes ERI buy: in Metro D.C.(Recycle America Alliance)(Environmental Recycling, Inc)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Recycle America Alliance, Houston, completes the acquisition of Environmental Recycling, Inc. (ERI). Terms weren't disclosed. ERI has one facility, in Washington, D.C., with 30 employees that process approximately 3500 tons of fiber per month....

Amcor to aid Asian victims: Tsunami disaster.(disaster relief)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Australian corrugated packaging company Amcor will donate up to $200,000 (Australian) to the victims of the December 26 Asian earthquake and tsunami through the Australian Red Cross appeal. Chris Roberts, executive chairman, says the...

Koster captures Bay State: Canusa was also bidding.(paper industry)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... On January 5 Koster Industries, Melville, N.Y., was the winning bidder for Bay State Paper Co., a 103,000 tpy recycled containerboard mill based in Hyde Park, Mass. Koster is one of the leading industrial auctioneers, appraisers and liquidators...

Board demand increases: PPPC reports.(Pulp and Paper Products Council )(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Last November North American containerboard demand showed improvement, increasing 4.7 percent over the corresponding month last year, the Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC), Montreal, reports. Containerboard production increased by 57,000...

Caraustar closes paperboard machine: No. 2 coated recycled.(Caraustar Industries, Inc)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Caraustar Industries, Inc., Atlanta, permanently closes its No. 2 coated recycled paperboard machine at the Rittman, Ohio, facility. The No. 2 machine was idled February 2003 in order to more fully use the company's other coated paperboard...

'Slap and Ship' RFID not easy: RFID update.(radio frequency Identification (RFID) technology)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... You may have heard that many suppliers to Wal-Mart would try to avoid the high costs of adopting radio frequency Identification (RFID) technology by simply slapping tags on cases and pallets and kicking them out the door. That's an...

To dig into large accounts, you need a mole: never assume anything.
January 8, 2005... With the economy ha its current condition, many business people are refocusing their selling efforts on the larger accounts within their territories. The assumption with larger accounts is that (in soft market conditions) these big companies...

Learn what's new in Cerrugated: at Chicago TAPPI.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Chicago TAPPI's next meeting, on February 1 at the Wyndham Drake Hotel in Oak Brook, Ill, will focus on new machinery developments for corrugated container makers. Seven speakers will be given seven minutes to talking about new...

Bemis buys Dixie Toga: In Brazil.(packaging industry)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Bemis Company, Inc., Minneapolis, has acquired majority, ownership of Dixie Toga, one of the largest packaging companies ha South America. Headquartered ha Sao Paulo, Brazil, the company recorded annual net sales ha excess of $300 million last...

Milk gets a makeover: board withstands temp changes.(chocolate packaging)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... The U.S.'s number one selling chocolate "milk" is getting a makeover. White Wave's Silk[R] brand chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavored soy milks are shedding their old packaging for new Tetra Brik[R] packages that come conveniently...

RTC Technologies, Inc. releases version 6.0 of its Scrap Trakker[R] software.(Product Update)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... RTC Technologies, Inc. releases version 6.0 of its Scrap Trakker[R] software. The Scrap Trakker system is designed specifically to help corrugated box facilities take better control of waste and significantly reduce the costs associated with...

Crackdown on food contact materials: EU tightens rules.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Last month the European Union (EU) started enforcing new rules on the purity of materials that come into direct or indirect contact with food. The rules impose tighter requirements concerning the traceability of food contact materials, as...

Michelman will rebuild, repair, clean: For use or resale.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Michelman Inc. offers complete rebuild and repair services for older coating equipment, in addition to manufacturing a complete line of new coating equipment for corrugating. Michelman customers can have their coaters repaired, cleaned or...

FBA annual meeting covers industry changes: May 1-3.(Fibre Box Association )(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... The Fibre Box Association (FBA) plans its 2005 annual meeting for May 1-3, 2008, at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Ariz. The meeting, themed, "Challenge Your Boundaries," will give tips on embracing change, redefining industry positions, and...

OCC prices still stagnant: Market report.(paper industry)
January 8, 2005... The new year has brought no changes in OCC prices, both suppliers and board mills report. Yes, some mills took holiday and/or repair downtime but such activity is now over. "Mills are taking all we can ship," states a supplier of the grade...

Recovered paper prices heading up: RISI believes.
January 8, 2005... In the first half of this year recovered paper prices are predicted to rise to a new peak following a sustained increase in paper and paperboard output and recovered paper consumption, reports paper industry forecaster RISI, Bedford, Mass....

Mort Ackerman retires, focuses on consulting: Ackerman Consulting Group LLC.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... On Jan. l, Mort Ackerman retired from active participation in the accounting prance of M.S. Ackerman Co. LLP, the firm he founded in 1960, to dedicate his full efforts toward the continued advancement of Ackerman Consulting Group LLC. Ackerman...

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.(appoints M.C. (Sonny) Jackson)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Chicago, names M.C. (Sonny) Jackson as vice president and general manager of the Containerboard Mill and Forest Resources Division. Jackson succeeds William Wandmacher, who retired at the end of 2004. Jackson...

Greif, Inc.(appoints Myron Gramelspacher)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... The board of directors of Greif, Inc., Delaware, Ohio, elects Myron Gramelspacher as vice president--global indirect materials and services, Doug Lingrel as vice president--Global Business Processes and Administration, and Data Ronchetto as...

Colbert Pkg helps Topps switch: new Blisterguard Package.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... Colbert Packaging, Lake Forest, Ill., has developed a new BlisterGuard[R] package for Topps Co. baseball cards that incorporates International Paper's Everest[R] Safe-Pak bleached board. Topps now packages four lines of its premium collectible...

IP donates to tsunami relief: matches funds.(International Paper )(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... International Paper (IP) and its employees are donating $200,000 to relief efforts in Southeast Asia to help victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami in that region. The company will also match additional contributions made by employees to its Employee...

Packaging machinery demand on the rise: study says.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2005... The world demand for packaging machinery is projected to rise 5 percent per year, including price increases, through 2008 to more than $31 billion, with developing nations expected to register the strongest gains, according to a new report from...

Build new business models: facing competition: sometimes it takes a fresh perspective to inspire new ways to compete in mature makets.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... Board converters should work closer with their equipment suppliers to take advantage of emerging trends in end user industries, says Ron Giuntini, executive director and founder of the OEM Product-Services Institute (OPI), an education, market...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
January 15, 2005... Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price...

Genesis Pkg increases capabilities: first in Chicagoland.(Genesis Packaging & Design installed flexo preprint press from Wolverine Flexographic Manufacturing Co.)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... Genesis Packaging & Design, Lemont, Ill., installs a 65-inch, six-color central impression flexo preprint press from Wolverine Flexographic Manufacturing Co., the first in the Chicagoland area. The press can run up to six colors, plus aqueous,...

Group points to Weyco's carcinogenic emissions: longview bleached board mill.(Weyerhaeuser Co.)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... Weyerhaeuser Co.'s Longview, Wash., bleached specialty board mill ranked eighth in the nation in 2002 for the volume of cancer-causing chemicals it released to the air, according to an analysis by Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Defense....

Longview Fibre's year shines: converting division loses money.(financial reports)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... Longview Fibre Co. (LF), Longview, Wash., had its best year in four years, thanks to a profitable fourth quarter. The company attributes its gains to strong housing markets, which boosted log sales, and a rebounding national economy, which...

Arzoumanian celebrates 25 years: since 1980.(Mark Arzoumanian of Magazines for Industry)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... Twenty-five years ago this week, Magazines for Industry, a publishing company based in New York City, took a chance on a young journalist for an assistant editor position on one of its magazines. After negotiating his $8000 annual salary,...

Factors besides packaging influence milk drinkers.(Letter)(Letter to the Editor)
January 15, 2005... We read with interest your report of the Associated Press release concerning use of paperboard containers in schools ("Milk Carton Use Fades," OBM 1/1/05 issue, page 1). The AP report, in our view, displayed a lack of balanced reporting when...

ICPF plan finds and grows talent: star search.(International Corrugated Packaging Foundation)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... "Finding and keeping talent is at the top of everyone's short list of what's critically important to our business and to the industry's future, in ICPF, we've found a mechanism to address this issue effectively." So said John Kelley upon...

Attend CMM International; return more competitive: one-stop info download.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... Digitalizing the package printing process. Trends in flexible packaging. The impact of RFID. Using technology to gain a competitive advantage. Managing the converting operation. These hot-button issues and more be covered at the CMM...

Printing plate process patented: Flexo printing R&D.
January 15, 2005... Imagine a process that enables converters to direct print onto corrugate with results similar to preprint. Along with this they'd get reduced setup time, as the dot gain received from the new plates is far less than either digital or...

Blue Ridge Paper tries to regroup: job cuts, floods.(loss reports)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... The past year has been a tough one for the Blue Ridge Paper mill in Canton, N.C., reports The (N. C.) Mountaineer. The year began with Blue Ridge Paper Products announcing that 100 positions would be eliminated, most at the Canton mill. Then...

Cascades opens Russian office: southwest of Moscow.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... Cascades Inc. is expanding its presence in Eastern Europe with the opening of a new sales office located in Obninsk, Russsia, southwest of Moscow. The office is inline with Cascades' strategy to offer a diversified product line of board,...

Alcan builds Russian carton plant: $30 million investment.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... Alcan is investing approximately $30 million to build and equip a carton plant in St. Petersburg, Russia for tobacco packaging. The greenfield tobacco packaging site is mainly focused on carton production. Production will begin by the end of...

AICC spring meeting rethinks the sales force: Neil Rackham speaks.(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters' (AICC) 2005 Spring Meeting takes on conventional sales thinking in a big way when attendees "Rethink the Sales Force." Neil Rackham, author of the best-selling book "Rethinking the Sales...

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.(People Update)(has appointed Bobby Sammons and Dan Truett and promoted Barry Ford )(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Chicago, names Bobby Sammons and Dan Truett as general managers of the company's Panama City, Fla., and Coshocton, Ohio, containerboard mills, respectively. Sammons succeeds Jack Prescott at Panama City. Prescott...

ICCA conference set for Costa Rica: 9 April 3-5.
January 15, 2005... The International Corrugated Case Association (ICCA) is now accepting registrations for its 17th biennial Management Conference, held April 3-5 at the Marriott in San Jose, Costa Rica. The conference consists of two days of business...

Paperboard Packaging Alliance launches new site: new Web resource.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... The Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA) launched www.paperboardpackaging.org, a website providing paperboard packaging case studies, university program and competition information, paperboard grade definitions, industry research results and...

AG sells south of the border: expanding business.(A.G. Stacker Inc. contracts with Alpine Corrugated Machinery)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... A.G. Stacker, Inc., Weyers Cave, Va., named Alpine Corrugated Machinery, Fairfield, N.J., as its exclusive agent for Mexico, Central and South America. Alpine is representing A.G.'s complete line of stackers, stacker upgrades and related parts....

Dynamic dies creates color management piece: promotional design.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... Dynamic Dies, Holland, Ohio, produced a unique promotional piece to showcase the company's ability to effectively predict color through color management. The majority of prepress work for corrugated converting has been dominated by solid print...

Philly rewards household recylers: store coupons.(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... Philadelphia began a pilot program dais month in which residents receive store coupons as incentives to participate in the city's recycling program. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, 6000 households can participate in the six month...

Connection 05 links print technology and retail branding: Feb. 2-3.
January 15, 2005... Connection 05, sponsored in part by Matthews Packaging Graphics & Design, will take place Feb. 2-3 at the Sheraton Braintree in Braintree, Mass. The event, themed, "The Power of the Package," will cover new trends and technologies in...

Absolute engineering launches new website: new projects.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... Absolute Engineering introduces www.absolute-eng.com. The site includes the latest news on installations of carbon fiber chambered doctor blade systems in the flexo industry, and offers references from recently completed projects.

Plant injury/illness records must be posted: Osha compliance update.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration )(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that beginning February 1, employers must post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses from 2004. Employers are only required to post the summary (OSHA...

Pace, steelworker union to merge: more than 1.25 million members.(Paper, Allied Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union and International Executive Boards of the United Steelworkers of America merged to form United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrial and Service Workers International Union)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... The Paper, Allied Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) and the International Executive Boards of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) have voted unanimously to merge. Merger of the two unions will create the...

Meet & greet at paper week: April 11.
January 15, 2005... Paper Stock Industries, a National Chapter of ISRI, is holding its Chapter meeting and reception in conjunction with American Forest and Paper Association's Paper Week beginning April 11 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City. For more...

Recycling has its rewards: AF & PA award program.(American Forest and Paper Association)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2005... The American Forest & Paper Association (AF & PA) is launching three awards to recognize individuals, businesses and communities for outstanding efforts. AF & PA is encouraging the development of these programs so it can achieve its goal to...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
January 15, 2005... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News News (1) (4) (6) (8) Chicago $60-65 (0) 60-65 (0)...